Community / Economic Development
Bigger Doesn't Always Mean Better -- or Successful
There is nothing wrong with big stores like Wal-Mart, but they can't sell a certain commodity.
Providence's Historic Business Incubator
A business incubator in an historic building combines economic development with historic preservation.
A Competitive Agenda For Renewing Pennsylvania
The way a state or region grows physically affects how it grows economically and fiscally.
Los Angeles Releases Report On Wal-Mart
A report on Wal-Mart commissioned by the City of Los Angeles warns that Wal-Mart's Supercenters would harm the local economy.
Economic Development, Parisian Style
A clever advertising campaign by a region in Southwest France offers a comprehensive package of assistance to residents who leave Paris.
Inner Cities: A Report Card
Neal Peirce reviews the performance of the nations inner cities.
Urban Sprawl Advances On American Military
The American military finds itself surrounded at home by urban sprawl.
Reversing Baltimore's Brain Drain
A 27-year-old wants to curb Baltimore's brain drain and reinforce community.
Population Growth Doesn't Ensure A City's Properity
"Even in an Internet age, place matters" says Neal Peirce.
Baltimore's Biotech Bid
A low-income neighborhood near Baltimore's John Hopkins University will be demolished in a move to create an office park to lure biotechnology firms.
Powerful Wal-mart
Neal Peirce discusses the impact of Wal-mart's business practices.
Fighting Homelessness: Santa Barbara's Plan
One theory suggests that the nicer a city is to the homeless, the more they attract -- and Santa Barbara has a downright unwelcoming reputation.
Historic Hotel For Sale: What Is The Best Use?
Built in 1925, the Winthrop Hotel was the place to stay when visiting Tacoma - then hard times fell in 1972 and the building was converted over to low-income (Section 8) housing.
CASA Latina: A Home For Seattle's Day Laborers
A non-profit organization, CASA (Centro de Ayuda Solidaria a los Amigos) Latina was developed around the daily gathering of Hispanic day laborers on Seattle's Western Ave. CASA aims to organize, galvanize, and protect the rights of Latino
Wal-Mart Effect Series: Part 3
In the third part in it's hard-hitting series, the Los Angeles Times focuses on the zoning laws local communities are considering to limit supercenters and stores like them.
Too Many Over-55s At The Beach?
Concerns about the local costs of over-55s moving to Australian beachside locations.
Ghost Malls
Just because a mall is dead doesn't mean it's gone.
Wal-Mart vs. Nothing?
As living wage activists and big box developers, like Wal-Mart, clash in economically depressed urban areas like Hartford, many hope that city officials will do the right thing.
Older Suburbs: Distress Or Rebirth
Older suburbs in the Philadelphia region, places such as Norristown, Conshohoken and Pottstown are profiled.
Pennsylvania's Crisis: A Ring of Decline
The Philadelphia Inquirer examines why a high percentage of older suburban towns and boroughs in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are on the edge of failing.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
New York City School Construction Authority
Village of Glen Ellyn
Central Transportation Planning Staff/Boston Region MPO
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
